restive

Speech parts

1. restive - Adjective

2. restive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.

Inactive; sluggish.

Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.

Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

edgy uptight high-strung jittery jumpy nervy overstrung highly strung restless hotspur sleepless wakeful shifty nervous tense
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Antonyms

placid unruffled phlegmatic composed controlled collected
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Phrases with the word

be restive less restive

Anagrams

servite Ivester sievert

Examples

The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. Mary Oliver

The light comes brighter from the east; the caw Of restive crows is sharper on the ear. Theodore Roethke

Fantasists aren't natural readers. They grow restive easily. Amit Chaudhuri

A restive morsel needs a spur of wine. French Proverb

the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive Source: Internet

All of this is subject to change, as U.S. troops overseas and at home become increasingly restive and Pentagon officials stumble in their attempts at managing the imperium during its exacerbated descent. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

restitutiveness restitutor restitutory restively restiveness Restivo